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dhinesht
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Pipe Size

03/04/2011 11:06 PM

dear all, i have seen that, for a centrifugal pump (50 mWc), inlet pipe diameter is 400 mm and the outlet pipe size is 300 mm. how it is possible? in which situation we select like that. share your experience. thank you,
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03/04/2011 11:21 PM

What ? ? ? ? ?

Try again

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03/05/2011 12:06 AM

In most situations.
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03/05/2011 12:39 AM

In many if not most end-suction centrifugal pumps, the inlet is one pipe size larger than the outlet. For NPSHa reasons, the inlet should usually be larger, and this feature helps.

There are also in-line centrifugal pumps, usually with inlet and outlet the same size.

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